Traduction :
lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); fig. all things go back to their source eventually; in old age, an expatriate returns home
Référence :
飘落的枯叶,掉在树木根部。比喻事物有一定的归宿。多指客居他乡的人,终要回到本乡。
Origine :
宋·释道原《景德传灯录》卷五:“叶落归根,来时无口。”
Exemple :
~,丰城剑回。(明·王世桢《鸣凤记》第三十八出)
Annotation :
落叶归根1
1. luòyèguīgēn :
[EN] lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); fig. all things go back to their source eventually; in old age, an expatriate returns home